- Dolly Parton's coat of many colors, produced by Hudson Hickman ; written by Pamela K. Long ; directed by Stephen Herek
- Snowden, Open Road Films and Endgame present ; in association with Wild Bunch, Vendian Entertainment, TG Media ; produced by Moritz Borman, Fernando Sulchin, Philip Schulz-Deyle and Eric Kopeloff ; screenplay by Kieran Fitzgerald & Oliver Stone ; directed by Oliver Stone
- The laureate, Metro International Entertainment, Lipsync and head Gear present in association with Metrol Technology and Bohemia ; a Cool Web Picture in association with Deya Productions ; produced in association with North End Pictures, Fluidity Films and Parton Pictures in co-production with Red Rock Entertainment ; produced by Guy de Beaujeu, William Nunez, Christian Parton ; written and directed by William Nunez
- Winnie Mandela, T.D. Jakes presents ; director, Darrell Roodt
- Unplanned, director, Chuck Konzelman
- Legend, Universal Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures and Studiocanal present ; produced by Tim Bevan [and four others] ; written and directed by Brian Helgeland
- Framing Agnes, a Level Ground production in association with Fae Pictures ; producers, Samantha Curley, Shant Joshi, Chase Joynt ; written by Chase Joynt and Morgan M. Page ; directed by Chase Joynt
- A river runs through it, Columbia Pictures presents ; directed by Robert Redford
- Man on wire, Magnolia Pictures, Discovery Films, BBC and the UK Film Council present a Wall to Wall production in association with Red Box Films ; produced by Simon Chinn ; directed by James Marsh
- Jojo Siwa, my world, Viacom International ; [director, Damon Escudero]
- Norma Jean and Marilyn, HBO Pictures presents a Marvin Worth production ; produced by Guy Riedel ; written by Jill Isaacs ; directed by Tim Fywell
- Our last tango, Lailaps Pictures, Horres Film & TV, German Kral Filmproducktion ; written & directed by German Kral
- Ye Wen qian zhuan, The legend is born - Ip Man, directed by Herman Yau ; screenplay by Erica Li
- Hotel Rwanda, United Artists presents ; in association with Lions Gate Entertainment ; a South Africa/United Kingdom/Italy co-production ; in association with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa ; a Miracle Pictures/Seamus production produced in association with Inside Track ; produced by A. Kitman Ho, Terry George ; written by Keir Pearson & Terry George ; directed by Terry George
- Shirley Chisholm, first African American congresswoman, adaptation and re-editing produced and edited by Brian Stewart
- The great debaters, directed by Denzel Washington
- Peter Schaffer's Amadeus, director's cut, The Saul Zaentz Company presents a Milos Forman film ; original stage play and screenplay by Peter Shaffer ; produced by Saul Zaentz ; directed by Milos Forman
- American fighter, director, Shaun Piccinino ; writers, Brian Rudnick, Carl Morris, Shaun Piccinino ; producers, Ali Afshar, Christina Moore, Anna Zielinski
- Love & mercy, Lionsgate Roadside Attractions and River Road Entertainment present a River Road/Battle Mountain Films ; produced by Bill Pohland, Claire Rudnick Polstein, John Wells, Brian Wilson ; written by Oren Moverman and Michael Alan Lerner ; directed by Bill Pohlad
- Son of God, Twentieth Century Fox and Lightworkers Media present ; produced by Roma Downey, Mark Burnett, Richard Bedser ; lead writer Nic Young ; additional writing Richard Besder, Christopher Spencer, Colin Swash ; directed by Christopher Spencer
- Harriet, directed by Kasi Lemmons ; screenplay by Gregory Allen Howard and Kasi Lemmons ; story by Gregory Allen Howard ; produced by Debra Martin Chase, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Gregory Allen Howard ; a Focus Features presentation ; in association with Perfect World Pictures ; a Stay Gold Features/Debra Martin Chase production ; a film by Kasi Lemmons
- Gorillas in the mist, the story of Dian Fossey, Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures present a Guber-Peters production ; screenplay by Anna Hamilton Phelan ; story by Anna Hamilton Phelan and Tab Murphy ; produced by Arnold Glimcher andTerence Clegg ; directed by Michael Apted
- Itinerario de una pasión, Realizaciones Sol, Movie Light ... presentan ; una producción de Lourdes Deschamps ; co-dirección, Juan Andrés Bueno y Lourdes Deschamps ; productores, Lourdes Deschamps, Juan Andrés Bueno, Luz María Deschamps ; guión cinematográfico, Juan Andrés Bueno [and others]
- The infiltrator, Broad Green Pictures presents ; a Good Films and Miriam Segal production ; in association with Road Less Traveled Productions, George Films and Lipsync Productions ; screenplay by Ellen Brown Furman and Robert Mazur ; directed by Brad Furman
- Hero, the extraordinary life of Mr. Ulric Cross, Hero Film and Republic Bank of Trinidad and Tobago ; screenplay by Frances-Anne Solomon, Akley Olton, Nickolai Salcedo ; produced, directed by Frances-Anne Solomon
- The fifth estate, Dreamworks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment present ; in association with Participant Media ; an Anonymous Content production ; a Bill Condon film ; directed by Bill Condon ; screenplay by Josh Singer ; produced by Stave Golin, Michael Sugar
- The youngest marcher, the story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a young civil rights activist, director, Andy T. Jones
- The last station, directed by Michael Hoffman ; screenplay by Michael Hoffman ; produced by Chris Curling, Jens Meurer ; produced by Bonnie Arnold ; Egoli Tossell Film and Zephyr Films present ; a Egoli Tossell Film Halle production ; in coproduction with the Andrei Konchalovsky Production Center and Samfilm ; a film by Michael Hoffman
- Binge Box, Based on a true story
- The final 19, Buffalo 8 ; produced by Ryan Wells, Chris Day ; written by Tim Breitbach ; directed by Tim Breitbach
- Samuel Morse
- Sully, Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Village Roadshow Pictures ; a Malpaso production ; in association with RatPac-Dune Entertainment ; a Flashlight Films production ; a Kennedy/Marshall Company production ; written by Todd Komarnicki ; produced by Frank Marshall, Allyn Stewart, Tim Moore ; produced and directed by Clint Eastwood
- The resistance fighter, directed by Władysław Pasikowski
- Effie Gray, Sovereign Films presents in association with High Line Pictures a Roald/Rosenfeld production; written by Emma Thompson ; director, Richard Laxton
- Ip Man 3, Pegasus Motion Pictures (Hong Kong) Ltd. ; My Pictures Studio ; Dreams Salon Entertainment Culture Ltd. ; Starbright Communications Limited ; presented by Edmond Wong, Xiu Xian Yong, Pal Lai, Alan Lee ; produced by Raymond Wong ; screenplay by Edmond Wong, Chan Tai Lee, Jill Leung Lai Yin, Wing Chun ; directed by Yip Wai Shun
- Binge Box, The academy award for best picture goes to--
- Ye wen, Ip man, Mandarin Films Distribution Co. Ltd. [and] Time Antaeus Media Co. Ltd. present [a] Mandarin Films Limited production ; screenplay by Edmond Wong ; produced by Raymond Wong ; directed by Yip Wai-shun
- Permanent midnight, Artisan Entertainment presents a Jane Hamsher - Don Murphy production ; a David Veloz film
- A call to spy, IFC Films presents ; an SMT Pictures, LLC production ; produced by Sarah Megan Thomas ; written by Sarah Megan Thomas ; directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher
- Don't worry, he won't get far on foot, producers, Charles-Marie Anthonioz, Mourad Belkeddr, Steve Golin, Nicolas Lhermitte ; writers, John Callahan, Gus Van Sant, Jack Gibson, William Andrew Eatman, director, Gus Van Sant
- Mary Shelley, IFC Films with Hanway Films and BFI present a Parallel Films and Gidden Media production ; produced by Amy Baer, Alan Moloney, Ruth Coady ; written by Emma Jensen ; director, Haifaa Al-Mansour
- Percy vs Goliath, Saban Films presents ; a film by Clark Johnson ; a Scythia Films production ; in association with May Street Productions, Inferno Pictures, Concourse Media ; and Crave ; producers, Daniel Beckerman [and five others] ; written by Garfield L. Miller and Hilary Pryor ; directed by Clark Johnson
- Rebel in the rye, IFC Films ; Black Label Media ; Bloom ; written and directed by Danny Strong ; produced by Bruce Cohen, Jason Shuman, Danny Strong, Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill ; a Black Label Media, West Madison Entertainment, Bloom presentation ; a Bruce Cohen, Jason Shuman, Villa Stanley production ; a Danny Strong film
- Devotion (4K), directed by J.D. Dillard ; written by Jake Crane & Jonathan A.H. Stewart ; produced by Molly Smith, Rachel Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill ; Columbia Pictures presents ; a Black Label Media presentation ; in association with Stage 6 Films ; a Black Label Media production
- Mr. Jones, directed by Agnieszka Holland
- Unbroken, path to redemption, Univeral 1440 Entertainment in association with The WTA Group and Pure Flix present ; produced by Matthew Baer, Mike Elliott ; screenplay by Richard Friedenberg and Ken Hixon ; directed by Harold Cronk
- Two friends, Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass and other trailblazing tales, Weston Woods Studios
- Nana, a film by Serena Dykman
- Leitis in waiting ;, & Lady Eva, Qwaves & Pacific Islanders In Communications present a film by producers and directors Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson; creator and producer, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu; producer, Ilaisaane Sisi'uno Helu
- Spencer, Neon and Topic Studios present ; a Komplizen Film, Fabula, Shoebox Films production ; in association with FilmNation Entertainment ; directed by Pablo Larraín ; written by Steven Knight ; produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, Jonas Dornbach, Paul Webster, Pablo Larraín, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade